New Germany vs Watertown

A side-by-side comparison of New Germany and Watertown: population, income, housing, and more.

New Germany and Watertown are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watertown has the higher population (4,747 vs 581 in New Germany). Watertown has the higher median household income ($93,008 vs $88,438 in New Germany). Watertown has the higher median home value ($315,200 vs $252,600 in New Germany).

Population, income & housing

	New Germany	Watertown
Population	581	4,747
Median age	29.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$93,008
Median home value	$252,600	$315,200
Median gross rent	$860	$967
Housing units	219	1,877
Homeownership rate	85.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Germany	Watertown
Population	466 → 581 (+24.7%)	4,408 → 4,747 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $88,438 (+40.1%)	$83,542 → $93,008 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $252,600 (+68.4%)	$208,300 → $315,200 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $860 (+9.8%)	$694 → $967 (+39.3%)

New Germany

Population

466581

Median household income

$63,125$88,438

Median home value

$150,000$252,600

Median gross rent

$783$860

Watertown

Population

4,4084,747

Median household income

$83,542$93,008

Median home value

$208,300$315,200

Median gross rent

$694$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Germany	Watertown
Under 5	9.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	14.3%
25 to 34	21.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.3%
75 and over	1.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Germany	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Germany	Watertown
No high school diploma	1.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Germany	Watertown
Drove alone	78.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	19.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Germany	Watertown
1-unit, detached	86.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	New Germany	Watertown
Poverty rate	3.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1964	1995